This post is a simple recipe for how to create an asterisk docker.
Asterisk docker container.
This is a perfect use case for running the tests in containers specifically docker on the same host.
Here are a few reference links that indicate it is possible but nothing about how well it works and if anyone still uses it after the initial neat factor wore off.
There are no results for this search in docker hub.
Does it work well.
Docker is extremely fast and in a matter of seconds the container is running.
Sudo docker exec it asterisk alpine sh the container is named asterisk alpine in this example and sh is the command to execute.
Creating the base image base image for container from debian buster slim we have chosen debian buster slim for the base image as shown above.
Create a terminal session to the running docker container.
Even better than that jenkins has built in facilities to help us with container management.
There is also a significant potential in deploying asterisk for customers for instance companies willing to provide small pbxs containers to their clients will find docker especially interesting.
Even better is that we can build asterisk only once and have the tests run in parallel against those build products.
Update docker file freepbx 12 0 3 and asterisk 13 1 install works.
Overview what is a container.
It is recommended that you keep the container light and use smallest size for the base image.
Container images become containers at runtime and in the case of docker containers images become containers when they run on docker engine.
A docker container image is a lightweight standalone executable package of software that includes everything needed to run an application.
You can use either of aws ec2 or cloud9 ide for setting up docker.
Given our coreos and docker based infrastructure and the fact that there is no official asterisk docker image i needed to make my own docker image to support all of the advanced features i wanted including.
Code runtime system tools system libraries and settings.
Which is as simple as running.
Creating asterisk on docker.
Is anyone running freepbx as a docker container.
There are some hurdles though.
Alpine linux and asterisk next set up asterisk.
